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Post by tcot on Jan 28, 2007 8:47:54 GMT -5
Tubby admitting mistakes and INCONSISTENCY I alway heard the first part of recovery is to admit you have a problem. Well today's article may be a start. Tubby is realizing what is wrong ( to bad it is right before the meat of the SEC ), but better late than never. Hopefully he and the Juniors will take this to heart. courier-journal.com > Sports View 7 days > Su M Tu W Th F Sa Adv. search > Sunday, January 28, 2007 E-mail this | Print page Tennessee at Kentucky A Blue mix that lacks consistency Up-and-down play has been Wildcats' style this season By Brett Dawson bdawson@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal LEXINGTON, Ky. -- You wake up, and today is the same as the day before. Same breakfast. Same newspaper. The neighbor offers the same greeting as you pass on the street. Hollywood loves this shtick, and in movies like "Groundhog Day," repetition proves maddening to our heroes. To Tubby Smith, it sounds like bliss. Instead, the University of Kentucky men's basketball coach has to wonder what he'll get from his team from day to day and play to play. "I've said all along we haven't been consistent in our effort, and we've been very up-and-down in games," Smith said Friday. "We have droughts on offense and defense. Usually the opposing team has a lot to do with it, but a lot of it has to do with just not toughing it out, not being disciplined enough to finish." That lack of discipline, Smith said, accounts for his team's wildly inconsistent nature.
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Post by blue2dabone on Jan 28, 2007 9:45:28 GMT -5
Tubby admitting mistakes and INCONSISTENCY I alway heard the first part of recovery is to admit you have a problem. Well today's article may be a start. Tubby is realizing what is wrong ( to bad it is right before the meat of the SEC ), but better late than never. Hopefully he and the Juniors will take this to heart. The coach is an integral part of any team, and coaches make mistakes just like players do. We all make mistakes (except me, of course - I have never been known to be in error. ;D [kidding, kidding]), and sometimes it takes us a while to recognize a) what exactly we are doing wrong and b) how to fix it. Sometimes it isn't so much admitting a problem as figuring out what that problem actually is. Identifying the symptoms isn't hard, but identifying the thinking, or process, or action underlying it is often quite difficult. |
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Post by tcot on Jan 28, 2007 9:53:37 GMT -5
I agree with you there. I hope he has a plan on turning it around. I don't think he will. I am glad to see an article about the same things we are seeing. He may just be realizing it is time to move on. Though a part of me can't help but think he thought that last year, but hey why leave a Big bonus just lying around.( Can't say I blame him for that at least )
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Post by blue2dabone on Jan 28, 2007 10:52:41 GMT -5
I agree with you there. I hope he has a plan on turning it around. I don't think he will. I am glad to see an article about the same things we are seeing. He may just be realizing it is time to move on. Though a part of me can't help but think he thought that last year, but hey why leave a Big bonus just lying around.( Can't say I blame him for that at least ) I am certain that Smith is not thinking even remotely about leaving Kentucky. If that is your hope, well, do not trust to hope. I believe that if we were to loose every game from here on out and not make the NIT, he would be back again next year. So if Smith leaving is what you crave, get used to disappointment. Smith has proven nothing if not that he has incredibly thick skin when it comes to the vituperation of UK fans. Pitino's was notoriously thin, and still is, given his recent comments about blogs and message boards. Smith, generally, will not even acknowledge their existence, or if he does, treats them as what they are - part of the job. Bottom line - U of L fans will run off Pitino long before UK fans run off Smith, IMO. |
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Post by Clayton Bigsby on Jan 28, 2007 15:19:22 GMT -5
Ever notice that a coach has never said I messd up, it is always the players fault in the coaches eyes. I'm not just talking about Tubby, all coaches do that. Pitino is the worst on that by publicly bashing players. It would be nice to hear a coach admit he screwed up and take some responsibility
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Post by blue2dabone on Jan 28, 2007 19:22:39 GMT -5
Ever notice that a coach has never said I messd up, it is always the players fault in the coaches eyes. I'm not just talking about Tubby, all coaches do that. Pitino is the worst on that by publicly bashing players. It would be nice to hear a coach admit he screwed up and take some responsibility Smith gets 90% of the grief no matter what happens in the loss. If the team just gives up, Smith gets the blame. If freshman mistakes kill us, Smith. If aliens come down and change the scoreboard, Smith would get the blame. Why admit responsibility? He's gonna get the blame anyway, it makes little sense. It just gives those who hate him something else to point to when making their relentless case against him. Most of the time when coaches point to players' mistakes, they are 100% right. Would you rather them lie and take the blame themselves? Why? I have heard Smith take the blame lots of times for not doing something he should have. He is one of his biggest critics, and to me, that is part of his charm. The fact that he doesn't do it when he doesn't deserve it is something we should be proud of, not revile him for. Taking the blame and saying "I'm sorry" is ridiculously overrated in this country. Are we going to forgive him for his alleged malfeasance if he just makes a big, juicy apology complete with tears and gnashing of teeth? Why? What does that change? It reminds me of certain politicians who shall remain nameless apologizing for their loathsome behavior. We forgive them so they can go commit more loathsome behavior, and the cycle of blame/apology continues.  |
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Post by Clayton Bigsby on Jan 28, 2007 22:23:22 GMT -5
apologizing and admitting mistake are 2 totally different things. did he admit he shouldn't have played a 2-3 zone against vandy. But anyway i wasn't just talking about tubs
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Post by BlueCat on Jan 29, 2007 5:23:49 GMT -5
He does what is correct. It's a team thing, and as the coach he represents the team. After a big win you don't hear him say I, so after a big loss why should he take ALL of the blame?
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Post by tcot on Jan 29, 2007 12:09:28 GMT -5
That is what I crave and I am used to disappointment, Heck I'm a UK fan.
I didn't want this to be bad. People are saying it is not an apology and there is a difference. Maybe but he is at least acknowledging there are some problems. The same problems we all are concerned about.
I want Tubby gone, but I at least admit when he is trying to do the right thing. It isn't all Tubby's fault all the time and it isn't always the plalyers. Blue Cat is right it is a team.
IMHO the Vandy game it was 80% coaching and 20% players.
IMHO the UGA game it was 80% players and 20% coaching.
He does make mistakes, but Pitino doesn't even acknowledge that.
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Post by CatDaddy on Jan 29, 2007 13:07:55 GMT -5
He does what is correct. It's a team thing, and as the coach he represents the team. After a big win you don't hear him say I, so after a big loss why should he take ALL of the blame? Exactly.... -D |
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Post by Clayton Bigsby on Jan 29, 2007 15:27:13 GMT -5
we have constant team turmoils anymore
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Post by Clayton Bigsby on Jan 29, 2007 15:29:45 GMT -5
didn't say all the blame just some. He doesn't have to brag after a big win the media does it for him.
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Post by BlueCat on Jan 29, 2007 15:44:33 GMT -5
^^^ I totally agree.
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Post by Forrest4Three on Jan 29, 2007 16:29:14 GMT -5
What blame Tubby gets he deserves.
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